My two year cycle
Lately, I’ve felt really antsy.
There’s a persistent itch I can’t find to scratch. I walk around in circles confused about where to turn, and I am questioning everything.
Intense boredom has set in, signalling the need for a change.
It hit me last weekend as we were driving home from The Entrance, a beach on the Central Coast. It’s pristine waters reflecting under a stunning summer day, did little to inspire me.
“I need a change Craig. I’m bored and ready for a new adventure.”
And as soon as I uttered the words, “We’ve been here too long,” I understood what my problem was.
Spinning around
The two-year cycle I have lived since 1997.
I live two years of sameness, which is then broken by a new experience–usually involving an international move. The two years has been interrupted with spouts of travel in between.
Two years London; 2 years Australia; 2 years Asia, UK, Africa; 2 years US; 2 years Australia; 2 years US; 2 years Australia
Which leads us to here.
It’s now been a couple of months over the 2 years, which explains my angst.
“What? Do you think you can keep moving every two years for the rest of your life?” Craig asked
“No. Yes. Maybe I was just born to be an eternal nomad. I don’t know, but I’m yearning for a change. Whether it’s our own house somewhere in Oz, or somewhere overseas, the change is coming.”
It’s written in my stars that way. Why change a good thing?
I don’t know what it will be, but I can feel it in the air.
I’ma excited.
Have you noticed any cyclical patterns in your life like this?
Comments
budget jan
I have not noticed any cycles, but I am eagerly awaiting when B.H. finishes work in approximately two years. We hope to fulfil lots of changes and try different things then. I feel like I am treading water, even though the water is just the right temperature to enable me to keep on treading.
I wonder what your next change will be. I love it when change is in the air, whether it be the imperceptible freshness of the mornings that hint at winter, or the smell of rain, or a change of environment, it makes you tingle with anticipation.
Caz Makepeace
“I love it when change is in the air, whether it be the imperceptible freshness of the mornings that hint at winter, or the smell of rain, or a change of environment, it makes you tingle with anticipation.”
Just beautiful Jan!
Tash
Ohhh, I get that itch too, when I have been in a place too long….maybe some of us just have that!
Love that feeling that something big is on it’s way – exciting stuff!
Caz Makepeace
I hope it’s exciting! And I hope it does mean a change is coming– I need it
Forest Parks
I seem to have an itch that is somewhere around 2 years too! Did 2 years in Montreal, 2 in Egypt and only going to do a year in New Zealand but that’s due to Visas! Still, two years is about right.
So, where to next?
Caz Makepeace
So funny! Must be a traveller’s cycle
lissie
Story of my life – every 2 or so years I needed to move on: Australia/Papua New Guinea/Australia/Canada/UK/NZ/South America.
It’s one of the significant reasons why I never had kids, they’d tie me down.
Finally I inherited a dog and bought a house and got a long-term partner. Which meant I’ve been based in NZ for nearly (gulp) 20 years, except for 2 years in Australia. I can just about handle it so long as I travel twice a year preferably for at least a month at a time. The dog died a while back and I won’t have another one, because once I persuade my partner to retire I’d like to travel full-time – unfortunately due to NZ stupid pension laws we need to spend 6 months + 1 day a year at “home”.
Caz Makepeace
Oh no! Those laws suck. I hope you can persuade your partner. I’m glad I’m not the only one who goes through these cycles! I think as long as travel is there somewhere you can make it through with a smile